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Meet the Professor: Dr. Stephanie Wilson, Sociologist, Educator, and Co-founder of Applied Worldwide
Stephanie: Sociologist, Creator, Researcher 2. As a co-founder of Applied Worldwide, could you briefly explain the organization’s mission? Stephanie: Our mission is to build a bridge between the discipline of sociology and everyday life to improve the well-being of society. As a sociologist, I see endless ways that sociological knowledge could benefit society, but our…
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THE COMPARATIVE METHOD IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
The purpose of comparative method in social anthropology is to study varieties of form of social life and to understand human social phenomena. Franz Boas delineated two methods in the study of anthropology. First, was to reconstruct the history which means to understand the past and reconstructing theories in present. Second, was comparison of social…
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Interview with Assistant Professor Katie Durante, University of Utah, Department of Sociology
1. If you had to describe yourself in three words, what would they be? Integrity, light-hearted, responsible 2. Can you discuss some of your key findings regarding racial and ethnic inequality in the criminal legal system and how it has evolved over the years? One of the areas of research I focus on is racial…
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Interview with Dr. Christina Jackson: Insights into Sociology, Activism, and the Journey Ahead
Short Bio: Dr. Christina Jackson, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Stockton University, specializes in urban sociology, social welfare, and inequality from sociological and public health perspectives. Beyond academia, she’s an engaged scholar-activist, facilitating and consulting with community partners and creative groups on topics like anti-violence, gentrification, housing, food justice, and racial justice. She’s co-authored…
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How To Apply Sociology In Everyday Life: Explained Real Examples
Sociology is the study of society through many theoretical perspectives. The most important lesson of sociology is that society is not an external object to be studied. Instead, all of us are active members of society and constantly influence it. Thus, sociology can be applied in everyday life by all members of society. This article…
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Asymmetric Society Concept and Meaning
Asymmetric Society: As the world is moving ahead, more advanced technologies have come to the forefront and the one who keeps in touch with this advancement gains the most advantage. However, this is giving rise to competition. Especially in the corporate world, business, trades union, and government organization. Every new organization or business is better…
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Idealism concept and Meaning
It refers to those ideas which are tough to be practically implemented and so are usually hypothetical. It is just the opposite of realism. The literature explains a lot of concepts through philosophy and idealism. Idealism for known reasons gives rise to skepticism unless the ideal concept can practically be implemented or explained. The idealism…
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Historiography: All you need to know in 2800 Words
Meaning: Historiography as an intellectual and academic discipline has been hard to define. Shrouded by abstract theoretical, philosophical and methodological jargon, professional historians themselves have not been able to achieve common consensus on the specific definition of the term, describing it to mean the writing of history, the study of historical methodology, the analysis of…
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Human Relations concepts and Meaning
Human Relations: Under this comes the study of the behavior of people in groups or informal spaces especially likes in the workplace. It has created a separate discipline of human resource management. It involves efficient management of employees in the workplace to gain maximum productivity economically and extract quality work from members within a specific period…
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Historical Sociology: Definition, Types and Methods, Contributions
Historical Sociology: It is a branch of Sociology that focuses on how societies have developed through the past and continue to still that is a historical development. It looks at how simple structures in the society are actually a result of complex processes. It focused on gender biases, inequality to war. The historical data that…
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Humanism Concept and Meaning
Humanism It is an ethical system that revolves around human values, their needs, freedom, interests and some basic rights in general. Through it, human beings are recognized and given importance in the society whether individually or collectively. The term was coined in early 19th century by Friedrich Niethammer who was a theologian. It also refers…